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2006年6月27日 · Senior Member. London but from Yorkshire. English - England. Jun 27, 2006. #2. "Mustn't" is pronounced "musn't", but as far as I am aware dictionaries of standard of English only approve the spelling "mustn't". T.
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2014年2月25日 · It only suggests to us, in the context of this thread, that you are trying to write about obligation. In normal use, "must have done" and "must not have done" are never used to indicate obligation, but only supposition. This may seem strange to you, because "must do" and "must not do" always indicate obligation, but that's just the way it is.
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2019年9月15日 · "Mustn't" is essentially the same as "couldn't" in terms of reaching a conclusion and certainty, but it has rather a different use, at least it does in the examples I can imagine. It is used when the thing that mustn't have happened is incidental to the topic being discussed, or which introduces a new topic of conversation.
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2014年10月22日 · 1. You can't be right.: It is not possible that you are right. 2. You must not be right.: There is enough evidence that you are not right.
"Mustn't" - Does anyone actually use this word?
Dec 27, 2006. #15. For my area (and for many others, probably) it has taken on the alternate meaning of "evidently". He mustn't have understood me - Evidently he didn't understand me. Of course, it still can carry the original 'can/should not (do sth)' meaning, but this is used rarely as it's quite imperial sounding!
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Dec 27, 2006. #4. roxcyn said: Example: Mr. Green mustn't be a home. (mustn't can be replaced with can't as you said in your question) "When the meaning of must is 'logical conclusion', etc, the usual negative is cannot (can't)" If you said that, you must be mistaken. If you said that, you can't be telling the truth.
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2021年2月13日 · Poland91pl said: very low probability. "Low probability" is not a good synonym. "Must not" has two meanings. 1. It can refer to an impediment (the "deontic" sense) - a. very often this impediment is a prohibition before the event You must not play with him in future. - b. but sometimes it can refer rather to a calamity that will arise if the ...
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2014年10月27日 · 1) They must have broken the window, mustn't they. or. 2) They must have broken the window, didn't they. Everyone rejected 1) and said that 2) is what they would say (if they said either). Some said that they probably would not …
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2011年2月5日 · MUST is stronger than TO HAVE TO, But as far as the past tense is concerned, I do not think there is any other possibility: Present affirmative: I MUST. Present negative: I MUST NOT (Mustn't) Past affirmative: I HAD TO. Past negative: …
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2013年4月25日 · Singapore English in a nutshell. In the middle of words, where a voiceless consonant is produced between two vowels, it is often pronounced as the voiced equivalent. (i) an s sound becomes a z sound, eg December (di-zem-ber), mustn't (muzn't). Nat, I wonder if your familiarity with " mustn't -with-a-/z/" is due to the fact it's common in Singapore?